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FASTENING FOR BLIND SLATS.

No. 323,863. Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE EVANS, OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXA S.

FASTENING FOR BLIND-SLATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,863, dated August 4, 1885.

Application filed September 16, 1884.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE E. EVANS, of Corpus Christi, Nueces county, Texas, have invented a new and Improved Fastener for Blind-slats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in a device for use with a blind to clamp the slat-rod, and thereby retain the slats more or less open or closed, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

, Figure 1 is afront elevation of a blind with the fastener applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view ofthe same, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section.

a (b are brackets, constructed for attache ment by screws to the lower rail, b, of the blind, so as to project far enough to receive the slat-rod 0 between them in any position to which the rod may be moved. Through one bracket, a, is tapped a scrcw,d, that can ries on its end a loose head piece or plate, e, long enough to bear on rod 0 in any position of the rod. A lug, at f, on one bracket prevents the plate 6 from turning with the screw.

By turning screw (1 inward the slatrod is (No model.)

clamped between plate e and the other bracket and the slats thus held in the closed position or more or less open, as desired.

With blinds having long enough slat-rods the brackets need be put little, if any, above the rail but when the rods are short the brackets are to be curved upward so as to receive the rod when it is in the raised position.

In place of a screw the clamp may operate by a spring to give a continuous pressure on the rod. 1 do not limit myself in that respect.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A blind-slat fastener consisting of the brackets a, adapted to be secured to the lower rail of the blind and to receive the slat-rod between them and the binding-screw d, projecting through one of the said brackets, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a blind slat stop, the brackets 01, provided with the lug'f, in combination with the screw d and the plate c on the end of the lug, substantially as herein .shown and described.

1 GEORGE E. EVANS. Witnesses:

J. B. ILER, G. CARROLL. 

